Art Supplies

We offer an outstanding range of products and quality materials at all price levels, for people of any age or degree of expertise. Our experienced staff, many of whom are accomplished artists, are here to share their knowledge, inspire your creativity, and help you find anything you need. Painting, drawing, sculpting, carving, calligraphy, and more.

Painting Supplies

Whether you're a professional or an amateur, whether you paint in oils, acrylics, or watercolors, we have an abundant selection of tools and supplies to choose from.

We carry canvases and stretchers, paint mediums, brushes, varnish, palette knives, and portfolios, in addition to these lines of paint:

  • Winsor & Newton oils, acrylics, gouache, and watercolors

  • M. Graham watercolors

  • Golden heavy body acrylics

  • Jacquard textile dyes

  • Speedball screen-printing paints and block-printing inks

  • Compact watercolor field kits

  • Craft acrylics

Drawing Supplies

Drawing is arguably the world's oldest art form. Its practitioners, from prehistoric cave dwellers to the most technical and sophisticated modern artists, have used a tremendous variety of media for their work. In keeping with this history, we offer the artist a comprehensive array of materials.

  • Drawing pencils

  • Watercolor pencils and crayons

  • Charcoal, conte, and graphite

  • Holbein oil pastels

  • Pigma Microns and Sharpies

  • Gelly Roll pens

  • Prismacolor soft color pencils

  • Pens and nibs

  • Inks

  • Sumi supplies

  • Calligraphy supplies

“A must stop in store when shopping in Brattleboro. Very helpful with any of my art, crafts, or framing needs. I have had many inspirational moments while visiting this gem of Brattleboro over the years.”

— Mark R.

Printing Supplies

Artists who work in block or screen printing, whether on paper or on fabric can find the supplies they need at Zephyr, including the following:

  • Linoleum blocks

  • Oil- and water-based printing inks

  • Block-carving tools

  • Brayers

  • Silk-screening supplies

  • Screen-printing paints for paper and fabric

  • Textile dyes

Sculpture Supplies

Zephyr Designs can help you get started in sculpture with supplies for clay modeling, wood carving, mold making and casting.

  • Plasticine modeling clay

  • Air-dry clay

  • Clay-modeling tools

“It doesn't get any better than this: Zephyr staff are unfailingly patient with a novice framer like me, willing to share their expertise, a pleasure to work with.”

— David K.

Papers

Paper can be a medium, a tool, an embellishment. The surface and composition can change the effect of an art piece dramatically. We have many different kinds of papers for painting and drawing in pads, rolls, and as single sheets.

We also carry an enticing variety of beautiful decorative papers from all over the world. Many of these are handmade works of art in themselves and contribute a unique flavor to handmade books, collage, découpage, scrapbooks, and altered books.

  • Drawing paper

  • Watercolor paper

  • Rice paper

  • Handmade and mold-made paper

  • Origami paper

  • Canvas paper

Framing Supplies

We carry a vast supply of mat boards, both rag and paper, as well as foam boards, wire, hangers, and hinging tapes.

  • Mats / matboard

  • Ready made frames

  • Frame thrift store